| | In May 2020, BLM began promoting a campaign to #DefundThePolice, claiming they "demand acknowledgment and accountability for the devaluation and dehumanization of Black life at the hands of the police".<ref>Black Lives Matter, #DefundThePolice, https://blacklivesmatter.com/defundthepolice/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=2fddc8eb8604d172b8a25564f0f382c9244f155d-1592699319-0-AV7-5_wIiWv_RXFNZnGZRLUXp9cxzAqUL8U2RlPOr8DLNUCN1UrfU5PSp590OTQvVvDBap7yAtdZ6rIBGOVkc-EZSKffqoAg6wTqehs61NeFa7HGQUXD9pl68vp5b5c_w9yrhQphSPNxGqLvYAoksJxkvi6YolyFWCfIUi9G9QtLC2-95XFXGifZ6jNDn8eeeqU-kCum1gpW06QL78nZzUWo2A538Oxf7w1S31jEx3574vwParY4v-H_xb9_qzkcAcGpY2XtJSPJ823zYRi_g-E3DVemhhrurwB8RDwMTsflwCyf6XfgihngrG2uoJ0IcPqKYBv4UpYaMzMf-H0LccEItmhu-ytXxAMaXxMfalBF, May 30, 2020</ref> | | In May 2020, BLM began promoting a campaign to #DefundThePolice, claiming they "demand acknowledgment and accountability for the devaluation and dehumanization of Black life at the hands of the police".<ref>Black Lives Matter, #DefundThePolice, https://blacklivesmatter.com/defundthepolice/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=2fddc8eb8604d172b8a25564f0f382c9244f155d-1592699319-0-AV7-5_wIiWv_RXFNZnGZRLUXp9cxzAqUL8U2RlPOr8DLNUCN1UrfU5PSp590OTQvVvDBap7yAtdZ6rIBGOVkc-EZSKffqoAg6wTqehs61NeFa7HGQUXD9pl68vp5b5c_w9yrhQphSPNxGqLvYAoksJxkvi6YolyFWCfIUi9G9QtLC2-95XFXGifZ6jNDn8eeeqU-kCum1gpW06QL78nZzUWo2A538Oxf7w1S31jEx3574vwParY4v-H_xb9_qzkcAcGpY2XtJSPJ823zYRi_g-E3DVemhhrurwB8RDwMTsflwCyf6XfgihngrG2uoJ0IcPqKYBv4UpYaMzMf-H0LccEItmhu-ytXxAMaXxMfalBF, May 30, 2020</ref> |
| − | In June 2020, BLM continued targeting historic monuments<ref>the Federalist, Vandals Are Destroying Monuments Because They’ve Been Taught To Hate America, https://thefederalist.com/2017/08/22/vandals-destroying-monuments-theyve-taught-hate-america/, August 22, 2017</ref> within the United States by vandalizing and destroying them. Historic members of Americas past, that were previously immortalized in statue form in public spaces, were targeted during nightly gatherings of radicalized anarchists. Often the letters "BLM" were spray painted on statue bases or the statues were decapitated and totally removed and then vandalized.<ref>Tyler O'Neil | pjmedia, The Violence Against This Civil War Monument Captures Just How Badly the George Floyd Riots Have Gone Wrong, https://pjmedia.com/culture/tyler-o-neil/2020/06/04/george-floyd-rioters-deface-civil-war-monument-celebrating-black-union-patriots-n495913, Jun 04, 2020</ref> | + | In June 2020, BLM continued targeting historic monuments<ref>the Federalist, Vandals Are Destroying Monuments Because They’ve Been Taught To Hate America, https://thefederalist.com/2017/08/22/vandals-destroying-monuments-theyve-taught-hate-america/, August 22, 2017</ref> within the United States by vandalizing and/or destroying them. Historic members of Americas past, that were previously immortalized in statue form in public spaces, were targeted during nightly gatherings of radicalized anarchists. Often the letters "BLM" were spray painted on statue bases or the statues were decapitated or totally removed and then vandalized.<ref>Tyler O'Neil | pjmedia, The Violence Against This Civil War Monument Captures Just How Badly the George Floyd Riots Have Gone Wrong, https://pjmedia.com/culture/tyler-o-neil/2020/06/04/george-floyd-rioters-deface-civil-war-monument-celebrating-black-union-patriots-n495913, Jun 04, 2020</ref> |